State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: Arizona vs California
Tax Preparers in California earn a median of $70,030. In Arizona, $44,770. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.7% — not 36.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-36.1%
Arizona vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-29.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Tax Preparers
- Median
- $44,770
- p25
- $41,690
- p75
- $77,320
- p10
- $36,970
- p90
- $104,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
California
Tax Preparers
- Median
- $70,030
- p25
- $47,420
- p75
- $84,890
- p10
- $38,910
- p90
- $104,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.